PSYC 215 Spring
2006
Child Development
Professor: Kenneth D.
Kallio, Ph.D.
Office: Sturges 120
Phone: 245-5249
Email: kallio@geneseo.edu
Hours:
Learning Objectives
Social Science Core: This course fulfills one course in the social
science general education requirements (for non-Psychology majors). The guidelines for social science core
courses stress the development of the following characteristics of a
responsible member of society:
(1) An acquaintance with
major empirical, analytical, or theoretical approaches to human behavior,
institutions or culture;
(2) An acquaintance with
social, economic, political, or moral alternatives;
(3) An acquaintance with
major problems, issues, institutions, practices or trends in the social world;
(4) A capacity to express
ideas clearly, coherently and grammatically in written form as one component of
the evaluation process. This written
work must total at least 1500 words, at least half of which must be prepared
outside of class.
Specific learning objectives
for this course are:
Students will demonstrate:
(1) Knowledge of the potential
roles of genetic and environmental factors and their interaction in shaping the
general pattern of psychological development;
(2) Knowledge of the potential
roles of genetic and environmental factors and their interaction in producing
variation in psychological development;
(3) Knowledge of the major
theoretical approaches to describing psychological development during infancy
and childhood;
(4) Knowledge of the major
developmental changes that occur during infancy and childhood in physical
growth, motor skill, perception, language, cognition, emotion, social skill,
and character;
(5) Knowledge of normal
variation in psychological development in physical growth, motor skill,
perception, language, mental ability, emotion, social skill, and character;
(6) Skill in reporting findings
of research using a format appropriate for scientific investigation.
Required Text and
Supplements
DeHart, G.B., Sroufe,
Quizzes and Exams
There will be four quizzes
and a final exam. See the course outline
for the scheduled dates. Each quiz will
consist of multiple-choice items. The
multiple-choice items are designed to tap knowledge of text, CD-ROM, and
lecture material.
Writing Assignment
In order to fulfill the
social science core requirement each student must submit a five-page
paper. To complete the paper project,
each student will collect specific information and write a report on it. Due date for the assignment is posted on the
course outline. Several options for
topics will be offered. More information
on the paper will be available in class.
Grades
In calculating the final
course grade, your average on the four quizzes will be weighted 60 percent in
the final grade. The writing assignment
will be weighted 20 percent. The final exam will be weighted 20 percent. Each student's final grade will be determined
by comparing the average to the following grade scale. Failure to pass the required paper or to pass
the final exam will result in a failing grade regardless of the actual final
average.
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A = 92.50-100 |
B = 82.50-87.49 |
C = 72.50-77.49 |
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A- = 90.0-92.49 |
B- = 80.00-82.49 |
C- = 70.00-72.49 |
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B+ = 87.50-89.99 |
C+ = 77.50-79.99 |
D = 60.00-69.99 |
Research Participation
One way to become more
familiar with the research process is to participate as a subject in a research
project. To encourage your
participation, you can earn extra points on each quiz by voluntarily serving as
a subject in a research project through the
Course Outline and Schedule
(subject to change)
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Jan 17 |
Basic Questions and
History |
Chapter 1 |
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Jan 19 |
Measuring Development |
Chapter 1 |
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Jan 24 |
The Evolutionary Context
of Development |
Chapter 2 |
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Jan 26 |
Is Development Inevitable? |
Chapter 2 |
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Jan 31 |
The Cultural Context of
Development |
Chapter 2 |
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Feb 2 |
Do Genes Determine
Development? |
Chapter 3 |
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Feb 7 |
Prenatal Development and
Birth |
Chapter 3 |
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Feb 9 |
Quiz 1 |
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Feb 14 |
Brain Development |
Chapter 4 |
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Feb 16 |
First Adaptations |
Chapter 4 |
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Feb 21 |
An Introduction to
Piaget’s Theory |
Chapter 5 |
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Feb 23 |
Sensorimotor Development |
Chapter 5 |
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Feb 28 |
The Importance of Early
Experience |
Chapter 6 |
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Mar 2 |
Attachment Theory |
Chapter 6 |
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Mar7 |
Quiz 2 |
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Mar 9 |
Stages of Language
Development Explaining Language Development |
Chapter 7 |
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Mar 14 |
Spring Break – No Class |
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Mar 16 |
Spring Break – No Class |
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Mar 21 |
Parent Effects and Child
Effects |
Chapter 8 |
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Mar 23 |
Knowledge of the Social
World |
Chapter 8 |
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Mar 28 |
Development of
Representational Skill |
Chapter 9 |
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Marr 30 |
Attention and Memory in
Children |
Chapter 9 |
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Apr 4 |
Quiz 3 |
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Apr 6 |
The Beginnings of Identity Writing Assignment Due |
Chapter 10 |
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Apr 11 |
Aggression in Childhood |
Chapter 10 |
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Apr 13 |
Cognitive Changes in
Middle Childhood |
Chapter 11 |
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Apr 18 |
IQ and Schooling |
Chapter 11 |
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Apr 20 |
Peer Relations and
Character Development |
Chapter 12 |
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Apr 25 |
Achievement and Schooling |
Chapter 12 |
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Apr 27 |
Quiz 4 |
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May 4 (8 AM) |
Final Exam
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